Kill floors, processing lines, blast chillers, and cold chain staging — PanelTX builds USDA-compliant cold rooms and installs hygienic coving systems that eliminate every bacterial harborage point inspectors look for. One partner from panels to refrigeration.
Food processing is the most demanding cold storage environment we build for, and the reason is not temperature. It is water.
A processing room gets washed down daily with hot water, caustic chemicals, and pressure. Everything in that room has to survive that cycle indefinitely: the wall surface, the panel joints, the door hardware, the cove at the base of the wall, and every penetration where a line passes through. Anything that absorbs water, holds water, or lets water behind it becomes a problem an auditor will find.
This is where sealant-free coving matters more than anywhere else on our site. Silicone cove joints in a washdown room fail on a schedule — they crack, they lift at the edges, they discolor, and each of those is a harborage point in a room where harborage points are the whole audit. A mechanically formed cove with no bead has nothing to fail.
The other constraints are structural and regulatory. USDA-inspected facilities have requirements that shape the room before aesthetics get a say. Temperature zones differ between kill floor, cutting, chilling, and frozen storage, and each has its own door traffic. Freezers on grade need floor protection, because a heaved slab in a processing plant is not a repair you can do over a weekend.
From new plant construction to retrofitting existing lines, PanelTX is one team for panels, coving, doors, and refrigeration. Call 682-402-4080 or request a quote.
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